Monday, April 22, 2013

How To Prepare Yourself Before Seeing A Podiatric Surgeon Austin

By Alyssa Riggs


Foot pains and diseases are common in Austin and tens of thousands of patients visit podiatric surgeons offices yearly. A podiatrist is a doctor who has specialized in diagnosis and treatment of foot diseases. As a patient there is a role you should play before you visit a podiatric surgeon Austin.

One question a podiatrist cannot forget to ask you is the kind of ailments you have succumbed to in the past. Therefore be prepared with all your medical records. The documents should show all the diseases you have suffered since your childhood. Whether it was a minor disease or a major one, all are important.

The records should also contain surgical operations you went through if there were any. The information obtained will help the podiatrist in his analysis of your problem by determining if there is a link between the diseases you suffered from in the past and the foot problem you are being faced with currently. Do not forget to include your current health status and if you are under medication, state what the prescription is so that the foot doctor will know how to prescribe his medicines.

Another thing is that you should be sure of the location where you experience pain. The foot may appear as a simple structure before your eyes while it is actually complicated in reality. It has plenty of nerves, tissues and tendons besides the basics that you are used to seeing including heel, toes and ankle. To save more time, do not make general statements but ensure you are aware of the spot that pains the most.

The terms you will use to identify the pain should be well defined. Terms such as stabbing, burning pain, sharp and throbbing pain should be among the list of options you have in mind to describe what pain you are experiencing. Making clear statements actually solves the problem in half, the other half remaining is treatment. Another important thing is to state when and how the pain started.

When it comes to the time, problems are treated differently. Those that started years ago will not be handled in the same manner as that which started two days ago. Also you will be required to state with which magnitude you feel the pain. On the question of how you succumbed to the condition, you will be required to state after which activity or after doing what did you start experiencing the problems.

Such information will help the podiatric surgeon to narrow his list of possibilities of treatment options. If you succumbed to a foot disease after an accident for example, he will know that the problem lies in your bone hence reduce the burden of his work. Another issue is concerned with the kind of shoes you wear.

Make a list of the shoes you wear and combine them with other documents which will be helpful in your consultation. A podiatrist is in a position to tell the type of shoes that can be worn when a patient is suffering from a foot disease and the type that cannot. For example if you experience pain in the ball of your foot, a podiatric surgeon will discourage the use of high heel type of shoes. After a good preparation and with the right materials, you may visit a podiatric surgeon Austin with high confidence knowing at the back of your mind that all we go well.




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